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  • I’ve worked with Keely for several years in her role as an Umpire Manager at national championships hosted by FHA. She’s an excellent communicator with vast international experience and gets the best out of every umpire she works with. Keely has been a key player in developing umpires locally and across Canada and thanks to her mentorship, we have access to a strong umpiring community that fuels the development of hockey in our province. She just plain knows her stuff!
    Burgundy Biletski
    Executive Director, Field Hockey Alberta
  • Keely has been the Calgary Ladies Field Hockey Association’s primary source for new rules, regulations, interpretations, and our primary clinician for a number of years. She knows her rules and is great with dealing with the challenging situational questions that pop up every season.
    Lisa Walpole
    President, CLFHA
  • Despite being a fellow Canadian, I first ran into Keely very early in my umpiring career in an online umpiring forum where her clear, straight-forward answers immediately drew me in and gained my trust. Her stewardship over the years has been instrumental in helping me achieve my ever-increasing goals. I continually seek out Keely's universally-praised advice whenever I have a problem, whether it is on technical decision-making, positioning, management styles, career development, or anything in between. And yet somehow–I have no idea how–she always has even more insights to hit me with every step of the way.
    Alex Miles
    FIH Umpire, Canada

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  • #Repost @indoorhockeyuk with @get_repost ・・・ We're on the lookout for more umpires & officials for our #ih19 Championships, taking place at the Copper Box Arena (London) from 27 December to 30 December! If you've never umpired Indoor Hockey before, we will be holding a training course, run by 2 x FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup Umpire Lee Barron. We have generous volunteer and official benefits including kit, accommodation and free food and drink! So young or old, new or experienced why not get involved in the BIGGEST Indoor Hockey event in the Country. For more information and a sign up link please drop us a message!
  • That time my desk suddenly became a shipping fulfillment centre... . I don’t know who to blame for the FHU Thick Cards going viral, but my stock is now officially sold out and on backorder! I’m hoping to get an interim shipment very soon so if your heart is set on the Thick Cards (https://fhumpires.com/product/thick-cards/) just be patient and remember that Christmas is just an arbitrary day you can celebrate any damn time you want, no one’s the boss of you. Grab yourself a backpack duffel, a cute silver whistle necklace, or a transforming coffee-mug-water-bottle with earth-saving powers—but do it on your schedule. Otherwise I’m going to need a bigger desk. . Oh, and thanks to every umpire who trusted me with their shopping aspirations. I feel inordinately affectionate towards each and every one of you. 🤗 . #toolsofthetrade #thirdteam #madeincanada 🇨🇦 #probablynotbutshippedfromhere #bysleddogs #inventoryemergencies #holidayrush
  • FIH Hockey #OlympicQualifiers 🏑 . M02 15:00 NZL 🇳🇿 v KOR 🇰🇷 . Adam Kearns 🇦🇺 German Montes de Oca 🇦🇷 📹 Javed Sheikh 🇮🇳 . W01 12:00 GBR 🇬🇧 v CHI 🇨🇱 . Laurine Delforge 🇧🇪 Ayanna McClean 🇹🇹 📹 Peter Wright 🇿🇦 . W02 14:00 GER 🇩🇪 v ITA 🇮🇹 . Alison Keogh ☘️ Chieko Soma 🇯🇵 📹 David Tomlinson 🇳🇿 . M02 15:00 GBR 🇬🇧 v MAS 🇲🇾 . Christian Blasch 🇩🇪 Peter Wright 🇿🇦 📹 Laurine Delforge 🇧🇪 . M02 16:30 GER 🇩🇪 v AUT 🇦🇹 . Marcin Grochal 🇵🇱 David Tomlinson 🇳🇿 📹 Alison Keogh ☘️ . W01 19:00 IRL ☘️ v CAN 🇨🇦 . Annelize Rostron 🇿🇦 Michelle Meister 🇩🇪 📹 Ivona Makar 🇭🇷 . 💻 https://fhumpires.com/watch-qualifiers . #thirdteam #appointments #askFHU #hockeyfamily #umpires #umpirelife #umpiring #fihumpire #playon #officiating . 📸 Trinidad Guardian
  • More importantly, I won Stick It To John*. 🏆 . *Also, what a fantastic little ditty that is. . #Repost @thereversestick with @get_repost ・・・ In Ep1️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ @fhumpires joins us to talk through ‘that’ goal, Our @h1league visit & the Russians are in town 🌎🏑🎙 Listen NOW on your #podcast app or👉 http://thereversestick.net/podcastgen/media/2019-11-01_trs_118.mp3 #hockey #glohopo #fieldhockey #weekly #olympicqualifiers #hockeypodcast
  • FIH Hockey #OlympicQualifiers 🏑 . M01 15:00 NZL 🇳🇿 v KOR 🇰🇷 . Adam Kearns 🇦🇺 Javed Sheikh 🇮🇳 📹 German Montes de Oca 🇦🇷 . W02 18:00 IND 🇮🇳 v USA 🇺🇸 . Xiaoying Liu 🇨🇳 Irene Presenqui 🇦🇷 📹 Hong-Zhen Lim 🇸🇬 . W01 14:00 GBR 🇬🇧 v CHI 🇨🇱 . Laurine Delforge 🇧🇪 Ayanna McClean 🇹🇹 📹 Christian Blasch 🇩🇪 . M02 20:00 IND 🇮🇳 v RUS 🇷🇺 . Hong-Zhen Lim 🇸🇬 Francisco Vazquez 🇪🇸 📹 Xiaoying Liu 🇨🇳 . W01 16:00 GER 🇩🇪 v ITA 🇮🇹 . Alison Keogh ☘️ Chieko Soma 🇯🇵 📹 David Tomlinson 🇳🇿 . M01 16:30 GBR 🇬🇧 v MAS 🇲🇾 . Christian Blasch 🇩🇪 Peter Wright 🇿🇦 📹 Ayanna McClean 🇹🇹 . M01 18:30 GER 🇩🇪 v AUT 🇦🇹 . Marcin Grochal 🇵🇱 David Tomlinson 🇳🇿 📹 Alison Keogh ☘️ . W01 19:00 IRL ☘️ v CAN 🇨🇦 . Ivona Makar 🇭🇷 Michelle Meister 🇩🇪 📹 Annelize Rostron 🇿🇦 . 💻 https://fhumpires.com/watch-qualifiers . #thirdteam #appointments #askFHU #hockeyfamily #umpires #umpirelife #umpiring #fihumpire #playon #officiating . 📸 archiwum.rp.pl
  • FIH Hockey #OlympicQualifiers 🏑 . W01 18:00 IND 🇮🇳 v USA 🇺🇸 . Irene Presenqui 🇦🇷 Xiaoying Liu 🇨🇳 📹 Hong-Zhen Lim 🇸🇬 . M01 20:00 IND 🇮🇳 v RUS 🇷🇺 . Hong-Zhen Lim 🇸🇬 Francisco Vazquez 🇪🇸 📹 Xiaoying Liu 🇨🇳 . 💻 http://fih.ch/events/olympic-games/olympic-games-tokyo-2020-m/where-to-watch/ . #thirdteam #appointments #askFHU #hockeyfamily #umpires #umpirelife #umpiring #fihumpire #playon #officiating 📸 En El Area
  • *Full video available on the FHumpires FB page* . Big games that go down to the wire are always going to end up needing big calls. Here's one a couple of folks are interested in.* . In the dying seconds, an attacker is driving the left side of the circle. The defender misses the tackle attempt, and his feet clip those of the attacker, bringing him to the ground. The whistle for the end of time goes seconds after, and a video referral is granted. . (One issue that isn't under debate is that rule 5.1 allows umpires to take decisions on incidents that happen *prior* to the horn sounding that they weren't able to physically make in time. The ability of the attacking team to properly take a referral is clear.) . Some questions and issues to consider: . 1. Due to the limitations of the production, only one angle was shown on the replays while the VU had more available to them. Does the potential for other views allow for the play to be seen differently? . 2. Had this tackle occurred late in a game outside the circle, for example inside the 23m, would it have resulted in a penalty corner? Outside the 23m, a yellow card? . 3. At this stage of the game, do we impute more intention to a defender's actions given the high risk and high reward balance that exist in this particular moment? . 4. When a foul is spotted on review that the pitch umpires didn't see, should that preclude the video umpire from making a determination on the deliberateness of the foul, or does it actually force the VU into that position? . I invite your constructive, rational discussion below. I won't tolerate calls for anyone's heads, accusations of any kind of bias, sweeping absolutes based on incorrect facts or anything that doesn't provide value for umpires who, worldwide, can use this as an opportunity to learn more about what goes into making big calls. . My take is this. From the one angle we have available, there is contact that brings the attacker down. A penalty corner would be the easy, sellable call but that's not to say it's not the correct and brave one. . (*incredible understatement alert 😉) . #askFHU #thirdteam #umpirelife #rules #interpretations #umpiring #playon #umpires
  • FIH Hockey #OlympicQualifiers 🏑 . M02 16:00 NED 🇳🇱 v PAK 🇵🇰 . Dan Barstow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jakub Mejzlik 🇨🇿 📹 Sean Rapaport 🇳🇿 . M02 14:00 CAN 🇨🇦 v IRL ☘️ . Gareth Greenfield 🇳🇿 Ben Goentgen 🇩🇪 📹 Diego Barbas 🇦🇷 . 💻 https://fhumpires.com/watch-qualifiers . #thirdteam #appointments #askFHU #hockeyfamily #umpires #umpirelife #umpiring #fihumpire #playon #officiating
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